Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The crew was returning to base at Dalhart AAF (West Field) following a training exercise. While on a night approach in a gear and flaps down (one third) configuration, the pilot initiated a steep turn to the left from the downwind leg to the base leg when the airplane impacted ground and crashed 6 km west of the airbase, bursting into flames. Eleven crew members were killed while the tail gunner was injured. It appears that the tail section separated from the main wreckage and did not burn.
Those killed were:
2nd Lt Charles C. Enegbrepson,
2nd Lt Lloyd E. LeRoy,
2nd Lt Willis M. Rogers,
2nd Lt George H. Wuelfing,
S/Sgt Ernst A. Siros,
S/Sgt Paul H. Snider,
S/Sgt Francis J. Wethington,
T/Sgt Joseph T. King,
Sgt Alton E. Barrineau,
Sgt Leon Skiba,
Cpl Rex L. Clifford.

The airplane was performing a local training flight at RAF Polebrook (Station 110). While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, it collided with a second USAAF Boeing B-17 registered 41-29865 that was also carrying a crew of 10. Following the collision, both airplanes crashed in a field and were destroyed. All 20 crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Roy Snipes,
1st Lt Rupert L. Torrey,
2nd Lt George F. Cotherman,
S/Sgt Charles E. Chadbourne,
S/Sgt Edward G. Cihlar,
S/Sgt Harry J. Kelley,
S/Sgt Maurice R. Marquis,
T/Sgt Harold J. Wellnitz,
T/Sgt Irving L. Berger,
Pvt Carl H. Jorgensen.

The airplane was performing a local training flight at RAF Polebrook (Station 110). While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, it collided with a second USAAF Boeing B-17 registered 41-29491 that was also carrying a crew of 10. Following the collision, both airplanes crashed in a field and were destroyed. All 20 crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Maj Keith G. Birlem,
1st Lt Harry L. Bartholomew,
1st Lt Courtland H. Young,
2nd Lt Clarence B. Yunt,
2nd Lt Henry G. Summers,
S/Sgt Robert M. Brooke,
S/Sgt Paul R. Fennel,
S/Sgt Walter D. Lappage,
S/Sgt Oscar R. Tipton,
T/Sgt Thomas S. Broderick.

En route to Glasgow, Montana, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low overcast and poor visibility due to rain falls. Due to a fuel exhaustion, five crew members abandoned the airplane and bailed out. The pilots attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed 13 km southwest of Wakeeney. The airplane was damaged beyond repair but did not burn. Both pilots were injured and rescued.

The airplane departed Wendover AFB on a cross country navigation exercise to Pocatello, Idaho. Approaching the destination, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and became disoriented. Because the airplane was short on fuel, the crew decided to divert to Soda Springs but the local airfield was too small for such an airplane. The pilot was circling around for few minutes, letting locals lining their cars in a farm field with headlights on. While approaching the field at low level, the airplane collided with a power line and crashed. Seven crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Those killed were:
2nd Lt Donald T. Arnold,
S/Sgt Richard L. Atkinson,
S/Sgt Elmer C. Barsig,
S/Sgt George E. Clausius Jr.,
S/Sgt Floyd F. Journeay,
S/Sgt Thomas A. Smith,
S/Sgt Adolph Zuelly.

Crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from Casper Airport. Eight crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
2nd Lt Thomas E. McCarty,
2nd Lt Oron A. Beardslee,
2nd Lt Floyd N. Jackson,
S/Sgt William F. Baumann,
Sgt Lewis H. Mahaffey,
Sgt Robert W. Orton,
Sgt Albert Thomas Reese,
Sgt Robert W. Williams.

Suffered a midair explosion and crashed 1,5 km north of Mountain Home AFB, bursting into flames. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
2nd Lt Rector Arney,
2nd Lt Lewis Archie Lillard,
2nd Lt Luther Chase,
2nd Lt Thomas McDowell Homer,
S/Sgt Richard M. Campbell,
Sgt Melvin Kaizer,
Sgt Otis L. Blackwood,
Sgt John W. Strickland.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. While returning to base in the afternoon, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Brest. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Bart Wigginton, pilot,
1st Lt Ralph L. Denny, copilot,
S/Sgt John M. Cybulski, flight engineer,
Sgt Abraham L. Cogen, radio operator,
2nd Lt Robert C. Farmer, navigator,
2nd Lt David J. Nordberg, bombardier,
Sgt William J. Dyakovich, air gunner,
Sgt Robert W. Gordon, air gunner,
Sgt Cleston K. Harrison, air gunner,
Sgt Ralph W. Wallace, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Thurleigh on an operation to Saint-Nazaire. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Béniguet Island, 7 km northeast of Paimpol. All 10 crew members were killed.
Crew:
1st Lt Owen E. Luby, pilot,
2nd Lt Thaddaeus V. Powell, copilot,
T/Sgt John Alexander, flight engineer,
2nd Lt Evan D. Clayton, navigator,
T/Sgt Reuben A. Van Sickle, radio operator,
Sgt Louis H. Wichmer, bombardier,
S/Sgt Thomas D. Oakman, air gunner,
S/Sgt Robert L. Teegarden, air gunner,
S/Sgt Elmer E. Wenzel Jr., air gunner,
S/Sgt Edward J. Zabawa, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Molesworth on an operation to the submarine base in Saint-Nazaire. It was hit by the German Flak and later shot down by a German fighter. It probably exploded in midair and crashed in Les Morandières. Six crew members were killed, three others became PoW and the pilot evaded.
crew:
1st Lt Jay Roberts Sterling, pilot, †
2nd Lt John Laurence Neill, copilot,
T/Sgt Powell Everett Griffin, flight engineer,
2nd Lt Harry E. Roach Jr., navigator,
T/Sgt Harley W. Fields, radio operator, †
2nd Lt David Henry Parker, bombardier,
S/Sgt Arthur R. McCormack, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Jesse C. Cody Cleavelin, air gunner, †
S/Sgt Daniel J. Cashman, air gunner,†
Sgt William R. Whalon, air gunner. †